An Eye for the Ladies
Stendhal loved Lawrence, Thackeray thought his work tawdry. An NPG exhibition gives us a chance to decide
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Black Power
Conventional wisdom says White is better from the first move. A few noted grandmasters have challenged this assumption
Busy Old Foolery
With advances in technology, we are learning more and more about the way the Sun is developing
Graduate Giving
'Alumni could be an integral part of saving European institutions of learning from becoming the Costa cafés of the academy'
The German Question
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson; Fame by Daniel Kehlmann; The Box by Günter Grass; and Portrait of the Mother as
All About Himself
La Carte et le Territoire by Michel Houellebecq
Mentioned in Dispatches
Letters from London and Europe by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, tranlated by J. G. Nichols
Smoke on the Water
A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided by Amanda Foreman
The Lesson of Oz
"Australian politics is in turmoil of a type and intensity not seen for 70 years"
“A universal consciousness…”
My interview with the utterly incredible Gabriela Montero is in The Independent today: enjoy.